The Living Age, Volume 118E. Littell & Company, 1873 |
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... marry a rich man , though . " " Well , perhaps yes . She must find some one willing to be saddled with her benefits . " Sir Stephen did not answer . He could have said , that having delayed so long , it would have been for his happiness ...
... marry a rich man , though . " " Well , perhaps yes . She must find some one willing to be saddled with her benefits . " Sir Stephen did not answer . He could have said , that having delayed so long , it would have been for his happiness ...
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... marry the daugh- does not sing sacred music either , but ter ; but it will turn out very badly grand airs - romances . " He then round - mark my words - very badly . " ed his gestures , put his fingers up to his mouth , imitating our ...
... marry the daugh- does not sing sacred music either , but ter ; but it will turn out very badly grand airs - romances . " He then round - mark my words - very badly . " ed his gestures , put his fingers up to his mouth , imitating our ...
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... marrying and having the same affections as other people Merciful God ! I do believe young folks want to enjoy ... marry , " said he . " I shall be the last of the Rantzaus . When a race produces nothing but monsters it is as well ...
... marrying and having the same affections as other people Merciful God ! I do believe young folks want to enjoy ... marry , " said he . " I shall be the last of the Rantzaus . When a race produces nothing but monsters it is as well ...
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... Marry her , and the bread and cheese were so certain that he might elaborate as slowly as he pleased the verses destined to immortal fame . Then he should be independent of inferior creatures like Victor de Mauléon . But while Rameau ...
... Marry her , and the bread and cheese were so certain that he might elaborate as slowly as he pleased the verses destined to immortal fame . Then he should be independent of inferior creatures like Victor de Mauléon . But while Rameau ...
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... marry another . She would have no heart to give to another while he was free , while in doubt if his heart was still her own . And thus her pride did not help her to conquer her affection . Of Graham Vane she heard occasion- ally . He ...
... marry another . She would have no heart to give to another while he was free , while in doubt if his heart was still her own . And thus her pride did not help her to conquer her affection . Of Graham Vane she heard occasion- ally . He ...
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Page 519 - Are God and Nature then at strife, That Nature lends such evil dreams? So careful of the type she seems, So careless of the single life...
Page 316 - My great miseries in this world have been Heathcliff's miseries, and I watched and felt each from the beginning: my great thought in living is himself. If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger: I should not seem a part of it.
Page 45 - All things are delivered unto me of my Father, and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
Page 466 - But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.
Page 466 - I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on recovery of my freedom, and perhaps, the establishment of my fame.
Page 318 - Earth and moon were gone And suns and universes ceased to be And thou wert left alone Every Existence would exist in thee...
Page 96 - After these two noble fruits of friendship (peace in the affections and support of the judgment) followeth the last fruit, which is like the pomegranate, full of many kernels. I mean aid and bearing a part in all actions and occasions.
Page 316 - I've no more business to marry Edgar Linton than I have to be in heaven; and if the wicked man in there had not brought Heathcliff so low, I shouldn't have thought of it.
Page 318 - There is not room for Death, Nor atom that his might could render void: Thou — THOU art Being and Breath, And what THOU art may never be destroyed.
Page 466 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.